#4A3509#4A3509

#4A3509 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.065 H 81.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3509
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 9)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(41, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 4.71, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 29.64, 80.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.01 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.065 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1467, 4.0221, 0.8163)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3509 #091E4A

analogous

#4A1509 #4A3509 #3F4A09

triadic

#4A3509 #094A35 #35094A

tetradic

#4A3509 #094A15 #091E4A #4A093F

square

#4A3509 #094A15 #091E4A #4A093F

split-complementary

#4A3509 #093F4A #15094A

monochromatic

#1B1403 #1B1403 #4A3509 #815C10 #B78316

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4A3509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A3509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3509

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3509	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.065 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c4c',
    500: '#4a3509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3509;
$custom-light: #806c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34435,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3509

secondary

#274687

accent

#72F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0601

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3509

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →